JEFFERSON, THOMAS: founds the University of Virginia, 34; attempts to stop card-playing at
the University, 43; considers an outside police necessary at University, 51; contends that geography and history should be studied together, 54, 55; death of, 1826, 56.

KENNEDY, JOHN P.: letter to, from Poe, 1; on committee to award prizes for poem and story for
“Saturday Visiter,” 99; invites Poe to dinner, 110;
aids Poe in securing position on “Southern Literary Messenger,” 116.

Poe, Edgar Allan: writes letter to J. P. Kennedy, 1; precocity of, compared to that of
Shelley, Heine, Keats, and Hugo, 2; states that he was born in Boston, 2; discussion in relation to his birthplace, 3; rails at Boston, 3; his ancestry, 4, 5; birth in
Boston, 6; his birth year coincident with that of many eminent persons, 8; death of his parents, 10; adopted by Mr. John Allan, 12; atmosphere of his childhood, 13; leaves home for the
University, 16; goes to school in England, 17; influence of his
training there, 17-20; psychological effect on his temperament of long sea-voyages, 20, 21; boyhood of, sketched by Col. T. H. Ellis, 22-27; entered as a student at the University of Virginia, 26;
interesting glimpses of, while in the University, 25-34; love episode with Miss Sarah Elmira
Royster, 32, 33; prepares to enter the University of Virginia, 34; joins the University, 36; associates at the University, 37; social habits and scholarship, 40; his constant companions, 41; reads his literary productions to friends, 42; nicknamed
“Gaffy” Poe, 43; escapades, 44; his proficiency in
Italian, 45, 46; leaves the University, 47; extraordinary powers of analysis, 48; his introduction to Latin
and Greek, 54; his penchant for geography, 54; his penchant for
moon-hoaxes and lunar voyages, 55; his fondness for French and France, 55; not indifferent to the advantages of debate, 60; his university career crowned with
scholastic honors, 62; little or no moral training, 62; the gift
of poesy his one solace, 63; his early poems, 64; had contracted
debts at the University, 65; leaves the Allan home, 65; appearance
at Boston of “Tamerlane and Other Poems,” 65; the first of his defiant prefaces, 68; enlists in U. S. Army, 70; promoted sergeant-major, 70; returns to Richmond, 70; honorably discharged from the service,
72; influence of army routine, 72; publishes “Al
Aaraaf,” 75; writes to Neal in relation to “Al Aaraaf,” 76; enters the Academy at West Point, 79; the atmosphere of West
Point, 80; chafes under the discipline at West Point, 84; contract
to his honorable career as a U. S. soldier, 85; account of his life at West Point by T. H. Gibson in
“Harper’s Magazine,” 85-95; court-martialled and dismissed from the Academy, 92; publishes a third volume of poems, 92; contents of the volume,
93; obscurity in his biography from 1831-1836, 96; seeks
employment from William Gwynn, a Baltimore editor, 96 unable to secure an usher’s place in
Brooke’s school, 96; love episode with “Mary,” 97, 99; competes for a prize story and poem for “The Baltimore Visiter,” 98-110; winning the prize surrounds him with a blaze of publicity, 101; becomes the talk of the town, 110; rupture with the Allans, 111; deathblow to his hopes of becoming Allan’s heir, 111;
Mrs. Allan’s niece relates story of the rupture with the Allans, 111-113; issues the
prospectus of a first-class literary journal, 113; licensed to marry Virginia Clemm, 114; a second license procured, and ceremony performed by Rev. Amasa Converse, 115; becomes editor of the “Southern Literary Messenger,” 116; sends tales to “Messenger,” 116; sends tales to Miss Leslie for
“Souvenir,” 117; his income and reputation increasing, 117; receives warning note from White, 117; suffers from depression of spirits, 118; his gratitude to Kennedy, 118; variety and multiplicity of his
work, 118; the evil habit of borrowing grows upon him, 119;
retires from editorship of “Messenger,” 120; cause of the rupture between Poe and White,
121; his contributions to the “Messenger,” 121-123;
addicted to drugs and stimulants, 123; his case never scientifically diagnosed, 124; his position on the “Messenger” not a bed of roses, 124; removes to New York, 128; testimony to his sobriety at this time, 128; carefully trained his wife, 129; Mrs. Clemm testifies to his
domesticity, 129; his fable-autobiographies, 130-132.; completes
44 The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym,” 133; removes to
Philadelphia, 133; pleasing glimpses of his domestic life, 134-138; contributes to is Graham’s Magazine,” 139; a quarrel leads to his
dismissal, 139; wins prize with “The Gold-Bug” from “Dollar Magazine,” 140; his “Descent into Maelstrom” and “Murders in the Rue Morgue” appear in
“Graham’s Magazine,” 140, 141; declines to
review Irving, 143; contributes “Ligeia” and other tales to “American
Museum,” 143, 144; eulogized by Lowell, 144; list of his contributions to various magazines, 145; accuses
Longfellow of plagiarism, 146; publishes “The Conchologist” and “Tales of the
Grotesque and Arabesque,” 146, 147; becomes associate editor
of “Gentleman’s Magazine and American Monthly Review,” 148; dedicates volume to
Col. William Drayton, 148; types and characteristics of his works, 1148, 149; amount of work accomplished, 149; title-page, preface, and
dedication to “Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque,” 149-152; becomes inoculated with
the spirit of German occultism, 154; towers among his contemporaries as a giant, 155; Irving acknowledges his genius, 155; believes himself to be a
great critic, 155; appointed editor of the “Gentleman’s Magazine,” 156; reprints some of his poems in the magazine, 156; announces
publication of new magazine, 157; quarrel with Burton, 157-161;
letter to Dr. J. E. Snodgrass, describing his habits at Richmond and Philadelphia, 158-161; Dr. J.
J. Moran testifies to his temperance, 162; writes letter to Burton, 163-167; expresses his opinion of Mr. Graham, 168; writes good-natured criticism of Burton,
168; “Penn Monthly” scheme fails, 168; influence of
his contributions to “Graham’s” on contemporary literature, 169; his cryptographic
studies, 169-171; great literary industry, 172; his power startles
Dickens, 172; develops a strange power of analytical reasoning, 173; wonderfully productive period of his stay in Philadelphia, 173, 174; contributes to Lowell’s “Pioneer,” 175;
writes courteous letter to Lowell, 176; ceases to be editor of “Graham’s,” 176; letter in regard to establishing a new magazine, 178; seeks a
government position, 179; effect on his mind of his wife’s sickness and death, 180; susceptible to effect of intoxicating liquors, 181; writes to
Mrs. Whitman concerning his indulgence in stimulants, 182; Graham testifies to his solicitude for
the happiness of his wife and mother-in-law, 182; the worship of woman an absorbing feature in his
life, 183; his love for his wife, 184; sonnet to his
mother-in-law, 185; caustic excoriation of Griswold, 186; again
finds himself in New York, 186; growth of his critical instinct, 187, et seq.; an analyst of admirable powers, 189; receives friendly letter from Dr.
Thomas Holley Chivers, 190; his literary “‘ripeness,” 193; writes the “Balloon Hoax,” 195; a recondite and
most exquisite humorist, 197; hoaxing an ingrained element of his intellectual make-up, 198; his places of residence in New York, 198; his literary labors
in 1844, 199; corresponds with Lowell, 200, 201; denounces Lowell as an abolition fanatic, 202; engagement on
“Evening Mirror,” 207; his opinion of N. P. Willis, 207, 208; the banner year of his literary life, 209;
acquires control of the “Broadway Journal,” 210; sharp criticism of Charles F. Briggs,
210; accuses Longfellow of plagiarism, 211; leaves the
“Mirror,” 211; first appearance of “The Raven,” 213; author criticises it under pseudonym of “Quarles,” 214; analyzes the mechanism of his poem, 215, 216; its
genesis and evolution, 217; letter to John Augustus Shea, 218;
frequently called upon to recite “The Raven,” 222; the poem written in New York, 224; the year 1845 “the fullest of work,” 228; his own
opinion of his prose work, 229; entangled in the “Longfellow War,” 229, et seq.; his charges of plagiarism, 232-234; numerous
contributions to the magazines, 235, 236; his war on
transcendentalism, 236-238; disappoints a Boston audience in his readings, 237; becomes a cult with the French school of Theophile Gautier, 238; interest excited by his mesmeric hoax, 238; dedicates a volume of poems to Elizabeth
Barrett, 239; collapse of the “Broadway Journal,” 240;
his social and literary life in New York, 241; enamored with Frances S. Osgood, 24,3; has controversy with Margaret Fuller, 245; the year 1846 the
beginning of his “moral and physical descent,” 248; gives his opinion of the literati of
New York, 249, 250; contrasted with Griswold, 250, 251; his libel suit against Thomas Dunn English, 252; his home at Fordham, 252, et seq.; his mental characteristic,
reviewed by Hannay, 258, 259; poverty his greatest crime, 260; suffering condition of his family, 260, et seq.; O. W.
Holmes writes to Griswold in his behalf, 262; Mrs. Gove-Nichols gives pathetic glimpse of the Poe
family, 261-263; addresses passionate lines to Mrs. M. L. Shew (Mrs. Houghton), 264; death of Virginia Poe, 265; agony of Poe’s utter
loneliness, 266; Mrs. Clemm watches over him, 267; a settled gloom
threatens his reason, 267; desperately ill and unnerved, 269 his genius recognized abroad, 272-273; reads his
“Eureka” to a small audience, 274; the book published by Putnam, 276; gives analysis of the work, 277-279; compared with Lucretius,
279, 280; his passion for Mrs. Sarah Helen Whitman, 281, et seq.; writes poem of “The Bells,” 286;
engaged to Mrs. Whitman, 290; the marriage broken off, 291; his
memory defended by Mrs. Whitman and Mrs. Osgood, 294, 295; has
personal difficulty with family of Mrs. E —— , 297; visits Richmond, 299; his acquaintance with Mrs. S. D. Lewis (“Stella“), 300, et seq.; suffering from repeated disappointments, 302; writes “Annabel
Lee,” 304; last glimpse of him in New York, 305; leaves for
Richmond, 306; the last days in Richmond, 310, et seq.;
renews acquaintance with his old flame, Miss Royster, 313 reads “The Raven” in Richmond,
316; arranges to become literary editor of “Examiner,” 318; takes a pledge of total abstinence, 318; starts for Baltimore, 321; cheerfulness on leaving Richmond, 322; requests Griswold to
become his literary executor, 323; gives Thompson manuscript of “Annabel Lee,” 324; getting ready for his second marriage, 325; his last day in
Richmond, 326; in Baltimore, 327; death, 328-336; burial, 337; manuscripts left at his death, 339.